Weeks before we brought him home, our dinner table conversations revolved around choosing an appropriate name for the new arrival. The name should be catchy, hip, clever and Gen-Z friendly. Ethnic and tongue-twisting exotic names were a big “No.” Finally, we reached a consensus without any U.N. intervention.

Our next challenge was to shop for a bed for him. It should be firm yet flexible, neither too big nor too small, nor expensive, but comfortable, as shown in TV commercials that promise a snooze once you hit the remote-controlled vibrating bed. And its cover design should be soothing to the eye.Once we had settled on a gray cover, the next item on the agenda for our dinner table summit was to find a suitable place for the bed. It shouldn’t be far from our bedroom, so that he won’t fe

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